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The Craig Needles Podcast is a news podcast hosted by Blackburn Media. It has 100 episodes, with the latest published April 2026.

Longtime London, Ontario media personality Craig Needles talks about the biggest stories in the Forest City with local newsmakers and commentators.

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What's really happening at the modular homeless shelter?

2

EAs navigate chaos at TVDSB schools

3

How will nursing cuts impact LHSC care?

4

Could the 2026 election be more dramatic than we thought?

5

Home builders warn of looming crisis

6

"You're going to have more open drug use on the street"

7

St. Joe's dog research whistleblower strikes back

8

Ford's supervised consumption shutdown disaster

9

Is somebody poisoning people in London's downtown core?

10

"We need a Rat Czar? A Rat King?"

11

"I, also am against rats being in the streets"

12

Would $10k make you feel better about having to move?

13

Is 'safer supply' making downtown drug issues worse?

14

Developer donations cause sparks at city hall

15

Can TVDSB avoid classroom cuts?

16

CEO defends controversial St. Joe's dog research

17

"We need real life plans, we don't need paper weights."

18

"Band-Aids are good, but I feel like we need stitches"

19

Is the gun buyback program a massive failure?

20

"The people involved in this need to **** off"

21

What is a 'good neighbour', anyway?

22

BRT is back!

23

Why is everyone getting sick?

24

Will homelessness in Ontario double?

25

Will some councillors get booted in 2026?

26

Scrap the controversial temporary foreign worker program?

27

Will past scandal haunt London Police Service?

28

Crises, Shelters and Lawsuits

29

Mayor Josh Morgan: London is in a state of emergency

30

Episode 425: What bad test results say about Ontario's schools

31

Episode 424: Former London city councillor facing criminal charges

32

Episode 423: Growing Chefs Ontario Fights Food Insecurity

33

Episode 422: Is London's opioid crisis getting better?

34

Episode 421: Speed cameras aren't a cash grab

35

Episode 420: A quarter of Londoners don't like it here

36

Episode 419: Was Carney's budget a 'disaster' for housing?

37

Episode 418: Will 35% raise backfire on London councillors?

38

Episode 417: Could a London engineering student change Canada's housing market?

39

Episode 416: Council votes themselves a raise

40

Episode 415: Jail scandal lets three accused murders go free

41

Episode 414: Are we making the homelessness crisis worse?

42

Episode 413: A TVDSB arrest and a TVDSB exit

43

Episode 413: Go check out the Forest City Film Festival!

44

Episode 412: Why sign London's top cop to a big contract extension?

45

Episode 411: Environment vs. housing - how does London grow?

46

Episode 410: Det. Gary Bezaire on what's changed at London Police

47

Episode 409: Debunking "zombie" clickbait in London's core

48

Episode 408: Reform after the Hockey Canada verdict

49

Episode 407: Bank of Canada Deputy Governor Rhys Mendes

50

Episode 406: Friday Round Table with Frances Moore, Jeff Preston and Matthew Newton-Reid

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